Trolley Line Sold to Albuquerque Traction for 5750
The trolley line is sold to the Albuquerque Traction Company for five thousand seven hundred fifty dollars. System completion begins immediately.
15 Dec 1910
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1910
Page
1
The trolley line is sold to the Albuquerque Traction Company for five thousand seven hundred fifty dollars. System completion begins immediately.
Citizens' Traction Company sells electric properties to Albuquerque Traction for 5750 cash 3200 and a 2450 note. Work will start soon on Highlands line to bring trolley service to South Edith Street. Proposal to cancel the 2550 note if system extends to the university may be included.
At a meeting of Citizens' Traction and Power Company stockholders held at the Commercial Club the Albuquerque Traction Company offer for five thousand seven hundred fifty dollars was unanimously rejected. The bid proposed three thousand two hundred dollars cash and two thousand five hundred dollars in a note bearing interest, with a payment period to be determined. Attorney John A. White moved to accept, but the motion failed to carry.
Colonel J K B Selier moved to ask Albuquerque Traction to extend the system to the university from Erdith Street and Central Avenue within a year if Citizens' company cancels a note for 2550 dollars. The motion passed unanimously and will be offered to line purchasers. The power plant may not push a loaded car uphill and bigger facilities would be needed. A W Hayden presided.
The Highland project and Citizens' company negotiations aim to finish wiring within twenty four hours and begin electric line construction in days. Chadbourne’s team expects most equipment and crews to arrive within thirty to forty five days, with a six thousand four hundred dollar cost to prepare the line and three to four thousand dollars for wires and accessories.
Paris Ky December 14 A sensational development in the Athitt county murder trial emerges as two Commonwealth witnesses William Stidham and Russell Stee allege an attempt to bribe them. The trial concerns the death of Johar Aletterre with four men charged.
Additional affidavits allege A S Johnson of Jackson, a friend of the deceased, attempted to bribe Stidham to leave Paris and avoid testifying against the defendants. The alleged bribe occurred in courthouse corridors last Monday before the trial. A rule was issued against Johnson, who then appeared before Judge Halbert and denied the charges as the court reserved judgment.
In Houston on December 14 mounted Officer Lubbock shot and likely fatally wounded fellow officer James Fife. Fife was with Lubbock's daughter when they encountered her and opened fire. Miss Lubbock rushed to shield her father as the incident unfolded.
Chicago December 14. During an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing western transcontinental roads announced the planned rise in hardwood lumber rates to the Pacific coast will not take effect until after a hearing arranged for March. The proposed increase was ten cents per hundredweight, making the rate eighty five cents.
In Cambridge Massachusetts on December 14 the jury acquitted Hattie Le Plane of the murder of Chirenee F B Glover, a Weltham laundryman. The crowd cheered as she was discharged. Assistant DA Wier urged holding her as a witness for a possible grand jury indictment of Mrs Lillian M Glover, widow of the victim. Judge Bond refused, deeming the evidence insufficient to convict.
In Washington the Senate spent time filibustering as Senator Aristow of Kansas blocked a French spur bill. The House debated rules and editor tax changes with opposition mounting. A 146 to 1 vote moved the calendar bill forward before adjournment.
St Louis Dec 14 The Missouri Pacific machinists boilermakers and blacksmiths strike after nearly seven months is expected to end tomorrow per James Connell IA of M president.
Reports from the Syrian Vilayet describe a serious Bedouin uprising east of the Jordan. Turkish officials and troops suffered massacre at multiple stations, with field guns seized and residents attacked as the revolt spread toward El Kerak and Damascene relief was sought.
Louisville reports a renewed blaze in Ta Grange with two brick and two frame structures burning. Fire apparatus from Louisville rushed to the scene by special train but the fire was extinguished before arriving. The morning blaze had already destroyed portions of the business district and its contents.
Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy's will filed at Concord NH reveals residuary legatees to the Church of Christ Scientist in Boston and specific gifts including 160000 to the Christian Science board to fund free instruction for indigent scientists. Other bequests include 16000 to Georga W Grover and 20000 to Calvin A Frye with 1000 to 4600 to relatives and attendants. church debt cancelled and a diamond pin left to Mrs Avuns KK Breteen of New York. Estimated value of the estate around 1.6 million dollars.
In Chicago on December 14 engineers from sixty one western railroads sent an ultimatum to the Managers' Committee refusing arbitration over demands for increased pay. The managers' group had earlier proposed arbitration and hinted at possible conferences.
A wartime forecast warns that a foreign foe could land on the Pacific coast, a scenario seen as requiring years and millions to dislodge. The article outlines strategic implications and calls for vigilance.
Washington dispatch reports a confidential War Department report on national defense being sent to the House and returned because the chamber cannot receive secret documents. It cites inadequacy of troops, need for reform, and a proposed national defense council led by a Secretary of War.
Three military prisoners under long term sentences being transported to the United States aboard the ship Sherman escaped at Nagasaki and have not been recaptured. An investigation could not determine how they escaped.
A message from El Paso dated December 14 states the Mexico Northwestern railroad will not transport troops or war supplies for either side, with insurgents promising not to molest the line if the rule is strictly followed. The Modern branch of the road has been partially controlled by insurgents for about a month.
Storms flood large areas of Spain and destroy crops in Malaga Seville Valladolid Badajoz Zamora Oviedo and Corunna. Villages submerged bridges swept away communications broken hindering aid. British steamer Gravina dragged anchor at Corunna. Norwerlin steamer Hifli ashore at Orotava with four crew dead.
A southbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe train derailed after a broken mail caused three cars to plunge into the Washita river five miles from Davis Oklahoma. One man was killed Lloyd Govan and thirty one were seriously injured including Kiebert Etheridge and Jackson a porter. Most passengers suffered minor injuries. The wreck damaged the bridge and injured will be treated locally before transfer to Temple Texas hospital with two expected to die.
Willie Hoppe the billiard expert married Miss Alice Walsh at the cathedral in Baltimore this afternoon. The ceremony was conducted by Rev P C Gavan. The marriage followed an elopement opposed by the bride’s father Thomas Walsh of New York who is a clothing manufacturer.
The couple traveled from New York today to marry here with Miss May Maxwell and Hoppe's manager B. L. Monk as witnesses. The pastor's consent was secured by long distance telephone from New York. The pair first met three years ago in Atlantic City when Hoppe reportedly saved Miss Walsh's life.
London December 14 The engagement is announced of Lord Decies and Miss Vivian Gould daughter of Charles J Gould of New York John Graham SM Hope Horsley Beresford fifth Baron Decies succeeds to the title after his brother’s death He was born December 5 1866 and is a lieutenant colonel of the Seventh Hussars with the distinguished service order He has fought in Somaliland against the Mad Mullah in the Matabele and the Boer wars He is a polo player cricketer and keen on hunting and racing
London December 14 The general election results announced tonight leave the standing of rival parties unchanged Government coalition Liberals 223 Nationalists 61 independent nationalists 9 laborites 38 total 291 Opposition Unionists 261 Coalition majority 80
Former Forester Difford Pinchot tells Morning Journal Congress cannot avoid ruling on the Hallinger Pinchot reports. He argues the court like Congress must decide which findings to accept and asserts Ballinger era issues hinge on Alaska coal lands and water power rights for the people.
Washington December 14 A bill allowing homestead settlers to extend residence time from December 1 to May 1 4 was favorably reported by the House committee on public lands. The measure would also permit those with established homes to stay away from their locations from passage until May 6th.
The Kentucky Wool Growers association met in Lexington on December 14 to pool the 1911 wool crop, an output estimated at 2,000,900 pounds.
The Chicago Junction Railways and Union Block Yards Company directors have accepted the resignation of Governor-elect Eugene N. Foss. Foss faced Republican accusations of chairing a corporation aligned with the beef trust. His prior resignation offer was postponed until now.
New York December 14 The board of governors voted to close the stock exchange on Saturday December 24 ahead of Christmas Day. The exchange will be closed from Friday afternoon until Tuesday morning.
Andrew Carnegie donates ten million dollars and ten million pounds in bonds to support a global peace campaign. The funds fund propaganda efforts aimed at ending warfare, promoting universal peace and disarmament through organized messaging.
Andrew Carnegie today designated twenty seven trustees from politics law and academia to oversee a ten million dollar fund in five percent bonds. The goal is universal peace by ending wars and financing humane projects, with further charity to be defined by the board and future charter.
San Francisco December 14 A W Foster chosen by Andrew Carnegie as a trustee for the ten million dollar fund to promote international peace says he has accepted the trusteeship and will aid in its disposition. Carnegie outlined plans to him confidentially last November.
Federal court in Valdez Alaska rules against Copper River Indians led by Chief Goodlatch in a $10 000 damages suit over the railroad line through O Brien creek graveyard The court accepts burial reburial of bones as sufficient to offset the indignity and the Indians plan a potlatch to placate disturbed spirits despite the ruling
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